Barrel-liner.



B- R. MAISON. BARREL LINER. APPLICATION FILED 111111.25, 1911.

1,01 1,979. 1 Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

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BARREL-LINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 25, 1911.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911. Serial No. 616,987.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND R. MAISON, a citizen of the United States of America, residin at Mount Clemens, in the county of Macom and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Liners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a device for use in lining barrels with paper or similar material and its object is to provide a cheap and efiicient device for the purpose, the invention consisting of the matters hereinafter set forth and more particularly ointed out in the claims, reference being ad to the accompanying drawing in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodyin the mvention in place within a barrel which is broken away to show the intcrior thereof; Fig. 2 a transverse vertical sectidn of the same; and Fig. 3 a horizontal section of the device.

In the operation of lining sugar, salt and other barrels with loose sheets of paper he :Qare the material is placed therein to prevdnt its sifting through, it is diflicult to place, and form the paper into the bottom of the barrel and then lap and form the side sheets into place so that they will remain in 'position until the barrel is filled. To form the paper fiat upon the bottom of the barrel and into the angles a disk 1 of wood, sheet metal, or other suitable material is pgovided which is of slightl less diameter t an the inner diameter of e head or bottom of the barrel. This disk is preferably formed with a raised center portion 2 and a plurality of openi s 3 to permitthe air iskwhen the same is lowered into abarrel. To the raised portion 2, is secured in any suitable manner, at the axis of the disk, the lower end of a rod 4 and "bracerods or wires 5 attached to the diskand acollar 6 on the rod, hold said rod 2; right angles to the face of the disk. The

arming disk thus be lowered by means of the rod 4 he! izontaliy into a barrel and force earliest of :pape ica'ted at 7 in Fig. 2 for the 'hettom, J

, wn into "thebarrel-and term it we'll into-the bottom angle so that it will in place while the sheets for 1- L came laced. The sheets cltedwtihin Wag; far lining the sidesiofflie barcetamifiien placed in the barml with their overlapping each other supported thereon by brace wires or rods 10 secured to the disk, and to a collar 11 loose upon the rod 4. Cords or fine wires 12 are secured in a series of holes adjacent to the edge of each disk connecting said disks and together forming a circular wall to prevent the paper from falling inward. These spaced vertically extendlng wires serve to form creases or folds in the 'paper as the device is lowered into the barrel and the air trapped between the barrel sides and the paper forces said side sheets inward against and between the spaced wires so that when the liner is lifted out the lower disk will smooth down or partially fold the paper along the linesor creases laid in the paper by the wires. The 'cords 'or wires 12 are held under tension by a 'coiled spring 13 sleeved on the rod 4 etween the collars 6 and 11. The upper disk 9 is formed with a plurality of holes 14 for the free passage of air therethrough and said disk is preferably of slightly less diameter than the diameter of the lower disk 1.

In the operation of lining a barrel, a sheet of paper is placed upon the top of the barrel and forced down into the same by placing the disk 1 thereon, the disk forming the paper well into the angle at the bottom of the barrel and the wires 12 preventing the upturned corners of the paper from falling inward and at the same time creasing the same so that it will fold r ularly along these lines when the head is li ted. The device is then removed and the side lining sheets placed in the barrel with the upper ends folded over the up er edge. The device is then again placed in the barrel and allowed to fall by ravity, the airin the barrel beneath the disks and paper preventing the device from falling too quickly and tearing the paper and the paper is regularly creased by the wires as it is caused to bulge inward between them by the air behind the P ape-r. The bottom disk on ging the side s eets forms the same to the arrel sides sand also forms their lower ends down upon the bottom lining turned ed es thereof.

sheet over the up- Having thus fully described my invention what I claim is:

1. A barrel liner comprising flat perforated disks adapted to fit withln a barrel, a rod secured to one disk and extending loosely through the other disk, flexible members connecting the disks near their eri heries, and means for moving the dis w ich is loose on the rod to hold the flexible members under tension.

2. In a device for the pur ose described, the combination of a lower isk, a rod se- CLll ed at one end to said disk, a disk movable longitudinally u on the rod, wires connectin I the said dis s at their peri heries, and a s ring to force the movable dis k lon itudina ly to said rod and to hold the sai under tension.

wires 3. In a device for the purpose described, the combination of a lower perforated disk, :1 rod secured to said disk at one end at the axis thereof, an u er perforated disk movable upon the roflbngitudinall thereof, a. collar movable upon the rod, races connectin said collar and movable disk, a se-' ries 0 wires connecting said disks near their peripheries and formmg a circular wall, and a sprin exerting a force to move the movable dis upon said rod andput a tension upon said wires.

In testimon whereof I alfix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

EDMUND R. MAISON. Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. KRACHT, FERDINAND W. MATZ. 

